Sunix 4056A PCI 4 port RS-232 card - only 2 ports configured

John Baldwin jhb at freebsd.org
Mon May 23 14:32:22 UTC 2011


On Sunday, May 22, 2011 7:00:02 am N.J. Mann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I am trying to setup a console server, but I am having a problem with
> the hardware.  The RS-232 card I am using is a Sunix 4056A Universal PCI
> 4 port RS-232 card.  However, only two ports are being configured, uart2
> and uart3 - uart0 and uart1 are on the motherboard.  I had assumed that
> all I had to do was install the card, add puc(4) to my kernel and it
> would just work.
> 
> uname:
> ------
> FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0: Thu May 19 15:01:10 UTC 2011 i386
> 
> I CVSup'ed about fours before then.
> 
> 
> relevant parts of verbose dmesg:
> --------------------------------
> found->	vendor=0x1409, dev=0x7168, revid=0x01
> 	domain=0, bus=0, slot=10, func=0
> 	class=07-00-02, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0081, statreg=0x0280, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> 	intpin=a, irq=3
> 	map[10]: type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xe000, size  5, enabled
> 	map[14]: type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xe400, size  4, enabled
> pcib0: matched entry for 0.10.INTA
> pcib0: slot 10 INTA hardwired to IRQ 18
> [...]
> puc0: <Timedia technology 4 Port Serial> port 0xe000-0xe01f,0xe400-0xe40f 
irq 18 at device 10.0 on pci0
> ioapic0: routing intpin 18 (PCI IRQ 18) to lapic 0 vector 52
> uart2: <16550 or compatible> on puc0
> uart2: fast interrupt
> uart3: <16550 or compatible> on puc0
> uart3: fast interrupt
> 
> 
> I can provide a full verbose dmesg if required, together with any other
> information which may be relevant.
> 
> Any and all help gratefully received.

Hmm, for Timedia it looks like the puc(4) driver uses the subvendor device ID 
to figure out how many ports your card has, but it does see 4 ports (the
device descrption is correct).  Does 'devinfo -v' show any other child
devices of 'puc0' besides the two uart devices?

-- 
John Baldwin


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